Pre-Reading Activity/Question:

Think about the connection between food and your emotions. What is your favorite food? How do you feel when you eat it?

Vocabulary:

tomb (p. 181)
batten down the hatches (p. 181)
berth (p. 185)
adrenaline (p. 186)
sensibilities (p. 186)

Reading Lesson Topics:

Theme Triangle
One of the themes of this book is the emotional power of food. Students will create a theme triangle to explore this theme.
Theme Triangle: JBauerAS.ThemeTriangle.doc

Some ideas for differentiation:
  • For more support, you can give students a specific article to read and give them more structure for how to make a personal connection. The theme statement can be generated whole-class as part of the closing.
  • To challenge students more, you can model with this theme and have students choose a different theme to work on independently. You can also have students provide support for each leg of the triangle (quotes, specific details, examples, etc).

Writing Activities:

Write an extended response where you support your theme statement. Use specific details and examples from the texts and from life.